Location: Namur
Top Things to do in Namur
Top 8 Free Things to do in Namur, Wallonia
Take the train from Brussels and in less than an hour you'll arrive in Namur, the capital of Wallonia overflowing with charm and intimate little streets made for walking, shopping and people watching. Around every corner are quaint tea rooms, antique storefronts, jewelry stores, and boutique shop, but don’t let the size fool you, Namur is also a fashion city with classic and trendy deals. Namur must-sees include Namur Citadel, Felicien Rops Museum, Museum of Ancient Namur Arts, Chateau d'Annevoie, and the Museum of Groesbeeck de Croix.
Restaurants in Namur
1. Citadelle (Citadel)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,151 reviews
Reviewed By karanvivek - Evere, Belgium
Beautiful castle .. with wonderful view from every level Best way to explore castle is by foot (walk up), stay at every level (there are plenty of sitting spaces here and there) There are car parking at the highest level and at a level below (just next to Parfumes of Namur shop) One can easily spend whole day here .. there is a museum, an expo and small yet beautiful shop, cafe and train ride, small kids play area and plenty of open space to sit around and relax
2. Eglise Saint-Loup
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 178 reviews
Reviewed By Steeve17 - Dinant, Belgium
This church is a jewel box. I particularly enjoyed the sculpture of Mary (on the left side). The church was built in 1621, in a Baroque style. If you are new in town, you should definitely pay a visit to this delightful lady.
3. Barnabeer
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By ThanassisSerres
If I am correct the place offers 24 draft beers. Excellent choice to spend time with friends and taste some famous (or even unknown to some of us) Belgian beers. Nice music also. The service is good. Barnabeer can be crowed around 10.
4. Cathedral de St-Aubain (St. Aubain Cathedral)
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 138 reviews
Reviewed By periandro - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
The Namur cathedral is dedicated to St. Aubain. In the place where it stands there was a romanesque church which had been founded as a collegiate in 1047, character which lasted until 1559 when the church became a cathedral. From this erstwhile edifice there remains a tower at the west end of the church built in the thirteenth century. In the middle of the eighteenth century the demolition of the ancient temple, as a consequence of having endured heavy damages caused by some floods which took place in 1740, and the construction of a new building were carried out . The new cathedral, built under the architect Jean-Baptiste Chermanne's design, was finished in 1757. The façade front part is marvellous, in high contrast with the side façades which are in bricks and very sober. The said front façade is ornated with twenty cylindrical columns with Corinthian capitals. The central part of that façade is round shaped with an oculus at its wall top, surmounted by some statues portraying Christ and some apostles. Three niches containing statues and three medallions decorate the lower part of the front façade. There are three entrances, that in the middle, larger than the others, leads straight to the central nave. The whole baroque ensemble in that part is artistically arranged and very attractive. Inside, the architectural set up combined with the decorative elements is really dazzling, and it's there where the neoclassical style features appear with all their splendour, as in the semidetached columns, monumental pilasters, Chorinthian capitals and cherubs. It's a three-aisle church, the height of the central nave being remarkable; that nave is four times higher than the side aisles but of course lower than the dome which, together with the skylight, is approximately seventy metres high. The interior décor is made basically with stucco and some of the paintings which can be contemplated there are the work of famous painters such as Antoine Van Dyk, Jacob Jordaens and Jaques Nicolaï. The fact of being able to behold such marvellous artworks housed in that church is a real pleasure. The central nave is covered by a barrel vault decorated with golden stars, and on the upper sides thereof, between the Corinthian capitals there is a frieze carved with swags of fruit and flowers. The said decorative elements make that nave be a stunning part of the church interior. In the middle of each one of the side aisles there is a dome simpler and smaller than that in the central nave, the latter, which finds itself above the high altar, is spectacular. The four pillars supporting the dome drum are flanked by Corinthian columns and include statues of four Church Fathers. The pendentives which surmount the pillars are decorated with allegories of the theological virtues and of the religion. Everything is of a extreme beauty, and it's worth to behold that dome and pillars for a long time so as to observe the nice details thereof. In the choir everything is fantastic. On the side walls there are marvellous paintings, one of them depicting the Last Supper is sublime. The wood marquetry in that part of the temple beyond the transept is a masterpiece in itself. The stall range as well as the bishop's chair and its tabernacle are dazzling beauties. The high altar is relatively simple but imposing, particularly the crucifix behind the table with its white marble Christ on a black cross at the back of the apse flanked in the same altarpiece by four cylinder reddish marble columns with composite capitals. In the upper part of the altarpiece above the crucifix there is an elegant statue of the Virgin with the Child and on both sides of the altarpiece there are also white marble statues on their respective pedestals portraying St. Peter and St. Paul. The harmonic conception of the whole is outstanding. Apart from the high altar there are some ancillary ones which are worth being contemplated such as that of St. Sacrament and that in the Immaculate chapel. Another two superb elements of that temple are the pulpit and the organ. The pulpit, made entirely of mahogany or alike, is a great work consisting of three parts: the base formed by three perfectly executed statues, the pulpit chest with statues of putti all around its outer part, and above that part there is an abat-voix which is held by large angel figures. On the top of that abat-voix a number of putti can again be seen. It's a dazzling work worth being contemplated carefully. The organ has a monumental case built by the organ builder Wilhelm Korfmacher in the middle of the nineteenth century. It's been renovated several times and completely rebuilt in the sixties of the twentieth century. It now has sixty stops distributed over four manual keyboards and the pedalboard. Therefore, Namur St. Aubain cathedral is a magnificent edifice whose visit is highly recommended particularly to admire its rich interior and the marvels housed in it. No one should leave that Belgian city without visiting that jewel of neoclassical architecture.
5. Place d'Armes
6. Le Beffroi
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 35 reviews
7. Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste
8. Parc Louise - Marie
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